Stephan Dolezalek
Managing Director @ VantagePoint Capital Partners
Portola Valley, United States
Stephan Dolezalek is a Series C investor at VantagePoint Capital Partners in Portola Valley focused on Energy and Solar. Stephan Dolezalek joined Wheatsheaf Group Limited as Executive Director in 2019.Stephan has spent 23 years in Silicon Valley working exclusively with technology-driven companies. He joined VantagePoint in 1999. He served as head or co-head of the Firm's Software and Life Sciences Groups prior to crafting the Firm's CleanTech platform in2002, actively heading the CleanTech Group since its inception. Prior to joining VantagePoint, Stephan was a senior partner with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison acting as Managing Partner of that Firm's Palo Alto Office, Head of the Business and Technology Group and Chairman of the Life Sciences Group. He is a graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia (BCP) and the University of Virginia School of Law (JD).
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Stephan Dolezalek invests in
Stages Stephan Dolezalek invests in
Countries Stephan Dolezalek invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 3 (23%)
- Solar 2 (15%)
- Biotechnology 2 (15%)
- AgTech 1 (8%)
- Biofuel 1 (8%)
Stage
- Series C 5 (38%)
- Series D 3 (23%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Series E 1 (8%)
- Series F 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 5 (38%)
- Ireland 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Nuritas is revolutionising the discovery of novel, natural and scientifically proven active ingredients that can manage and improve human health. The company’s disruptive computational approach to discovery uses artificial intelligence and genomics to, for the first time ever, rapidly and efficiently predict and then provide access to the mosthealth-benefiting components hidden within food, called bioactive peptides. | $42M / Series C / Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Nuritas is revolutionising the discovery of novel, natural and scientifically proven active ingredients that can manage and improve human health. The company’s disruptive computational approach to discovery uses artificial intelligence and genomics to, for the first time ever, rapidly and efficiently predict and then provide access to the mosthealth-benefiting components hidden within food, called bioactive peptides. | $45M / Series B / Nov 11, 2021 | ||
| Benson Hill is a crop improvement company that unlocks the natural diversity of plants and empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, flavorful, and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversityof plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. | $150M / Series D / Oct 29, 2020 | ||
| Tendril enables utilities to drive customer engagement via a rich and tailored experience for the home energy consumer. Energy and service providers rely on Tendril’s customizable software solutions to engage consumers to meet efficiency goals and improve customer service operations. All solutions are powered by an open, cloud-based, secure, andscalable platform that seamlessly supports numerous other utility-grade applications. | $15M / Dec 07, 2012 | ||
| BrightSource Energy designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver low-cost solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity, at prices competitive with fossil fuels, to industrial and utility customers worldwide. BrightSource Energy enables industrial and utility companies to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels by providinga low cost, reliable source of clean energy during periods of peak usage. BrightSource Energy's corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, California. | $80M / Series F / Oct 24, 2012 | ||
| MiaSole is a pioneer in the development of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin film photovoltaic products. Their goal is to enable grid parity solar energy by 2012 through high volume manufacturing of low cost solar modules. | $55M / Debt Financing / Mar 07, 2012 | ||
| BrightSource Energy designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver low-cost solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity, at prices competitive with fossil fuels, to industrial and utility customers worldwide. BrightSource Energy enables industrial and utility companies to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels by providinga low cost, reliable source of clean energy during periods of peak usage. BrightSource Energy's corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, California. | $201M / Series E / Mar 31, 2011 | ||
| BrightSource Energy designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver low-cost solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity, at prices competitive with fossil fuels, to industrial and utility customers worldwide. BrightSource Energy enables industrial and utility companies to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels by providinga low cost, reliable source of clean energy during periods of peak usage. BrightSource Energy's corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, California. | $150M / Series D / May 20, 2010 | ||
| Tendril enables utilities to drive customer engagement via a rich and tailored experience for the home energy consumer. Energy and service providers rely on Tendril’s customizable software solutions to engage consumers to meet efficiency goals and improve customer service operations. All solutions are powered by an open, cloud-based, secure, andscalable platform that seamlessly supports numerous other utility-grade applications. | $30M / Series C / Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| BrightSource Energy designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver low-cost solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity, at prices competitive with fossil fuels, to industrial and utility customers worldwide. BrightSource Energy enables industrial and utility companies to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels by providinga low cost, reliable source of clean energy during periods of peak usage. BrightSource Energy's corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, California. | $115M / Series C / Jun 27, 2008 | ||
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Co-Investors
VantagePoint Capital Partners (formerly VantagePoint Venture Partners, until 2011) has more than $4.5 billion in capital under management and invests in the cleantech, healthcare, and IT sectors.
VantagePoint Capital Partners Contacts
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Alan Salzman
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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Annette Bianchi
Managing Director
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Bill Green
Managing Director
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Bill Harding
Managing Director
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David Vieau
Venture Partner
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What does Stephan Dolezalek invest in?
Stephan Dolezalek invests primarily in Energy, Solar and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series C and Series D stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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